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BITCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Female of any member of the dog family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bitch" is a kind of...):
canid; canine (any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bitch"):
brood bitch (a bitch used for breeding)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
I have a gripe about the service here
Synonyms:
beef; bitch; gripe; kick; squawk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bitch" is a kind of...):
objection (the speech act of objecting)
Derivation:
bitch (say mean things)
bitchy (marked by or arising from malice)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
Example:
she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch
Synonyms:
bitch; cunt
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bitch" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Example:
this problem is a real bitch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("bitch" is a kind of...):
difficulty (a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they bitch
... he / she / it bitches
Past simple: bitched
-ing form: bitching
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
backbite; bitch
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "bitch" is one way to...):
complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
bitch (informal terms for objecting)
bitchery (aggressive remarks and behavior like that of a spiteful malicious woman)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
What was he hollering about?
Synonyms:
beef; bellyache; bitch; crab; gripe; grouse; holler; squawk
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "bitch" is one way to...):
complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE